Humidifier



F. B. SURBECK.

H'UMIDIFIER.'

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, I920.

Patented NOV. 1, 1921.

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F BALT'IS SURBECK, F LEWISTON, IDAHO.

HUMIDIFIER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F BALTIS SURBEGK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lewiston, in the county of Nez Force and State of Idaho, have invented a new and Improved Humidifier, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in humidifiers, an object of the invention being to provide a humidifier which may be used in an ordinary cigar box and which will impart the same amount of moisture to all of the cigars in the box.

A further object is to provide an humidifier wherein the moist absorbent material used is in direct contact with all of the cigars in the box, and to provide a humidifier with a reservoir therein which supplies moisture to the absorbent material.

Another object is to provide a device of this type which may be manufactured and sold at a relatively small cost.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings-- Figure 1 is a view in transverse section through a box of cigars showing my improved humidifier positioned in the box; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the humiditier with parts broken away.

1 represents a sheet or plate of metal having its side edges 2 turned inwardly and its lower edge 3 turned upwardly, forming a holder. The ends of the upturned lower edge are soldered to the ends of the side edges, as shown at 4, thus forming a trough A sheet of asbestos or similar absorbent material 6 is inserted through the open side of the holder thus formed, and preferably at its lower edge located just below the edge of the trough Part of the trough Wall is broken away in Fig. 2 to show the position of the asbestos 6 in the trough.

A laterally offset tapering water inlet 7 is formed in the metal back of the holder so Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 388,104.

that water may be inserted behind the ashestos sheet 6 and enter the trough 5.

Fig. 1 shows my improved humidifier in position in the cigar box 8. The ends of the cigars 9 rest against the asbestos sheet or pad 6 so that the cigars absorb moisture directly from the pad, and as every cigar in the box touches the pad they will all absorb an equal amount of moisture. Fig. 1 also shows a trough 5 and water inlet passage 7 filled with water 10, so that the pad 6 will be kept moist by capillary attraction.

The humidifier may be made to conform to any size or shape of cigar box and, obviously, its use need not necessarily be limited to humidifying cigars but the device may be utilized in any of the various receptacles which requirchumidifiers.

While I have illustrated one of the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is apparent that various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts described without departing from my invention, and, hence, I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A humidifier comprising a sheet having its side edges turned inwardly and its lower edge turned upwardly forming a holder, the ends of the lower upturned edge being soldered to the side edges forming a trough, an absorbent pad fitting snugly between the side edges and the back of the holder and having its lower edge located in the trough.

2. A humidifier comprising a sheet having its side edges turned inwardly and its lower edge turned upwardly forming a holder,

the ends of the lower upturned edge being soldered to the side edges forming a trough, an absorbent pad fitting snugly between the side edges and the back of theholder and spaced from the bottom of the trough, and said plate having a laterally offset tapering water inlet formed therein for the introduction of water into the trough.

F. BALTIs SURBEGK. 

